Library Assignment

Assignment: For this paper, you will answer the writing prompt: “Child development across a lifespan influences who we are today. In the various stages of life from infancy to adolescence, how does child development impact a life? You should have an introduction and conclusion plus the body of the paper, which will cover:

Infant/Toddler Development – Early Childhood Education: 5 theories or concepts explained and discussed in detail with examples from your life with connections to who you are today.

Middle Childhood - Adolescence: 5 theories or concepts explained and discussed in detail with examples from your life with connections to who you are today.

Getting started

Recommend starting with the Gale Virtual Reference Library:

From the Articles tab on this guide,

click on the link for the Gale Virtual Reference Library, then

choose the EDUCATION collection, then

browse the contents of those reference e-books to find material of interest. (Useful titles to consult are: Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy, From the Brain to the Classroom, and Psychology of Classroom Learning.)

Gale Virtual Reference Library contains keyword searchable reference sources. Good starting point; get an overview of a topic and identify some keywords you can use to search for articles. In this database, you will find:

encyclopedias
dictionaries
almanacs
yearbooks
directories

Finding More information

To take your topic further, look in books and/or articles (see the tabs above for more details).